A POSTAL HISTORY OF ZWOLLE

SWITZERLAND

Via Germany:

The rate consisted of the postage for the Dutch part of the route, see Postal rates for domestic mail, the transit rate for Thurn-und-Taxis respectively Prussia and Baden and the postage for the Swiss part of the route.

The transito rate through Germany was for the first weight class (up to 1 Loth):

01-12-1815: 9 stuivers or 6 gute Groschen.
01-09-1817 8 gute Groschen = 36 Kreuzer (if from Border Post Office Arnhem or Nijmegen)
01-01-1835: Baden 10 Kreuzer (up to ¾ Loth) + Prussia 14 or 16 Kreuzer (depending on which border office)
June 1835: Baden 8 Kreuzer (up to ¾ Loth) + Prussia 11 Kreuzer (via Aachen) or 13 Kreuzer (via Emmerich)

 

Letter from Zwolle to Wohlen, Aargau, 20 June 1838 with datestamp ZWOLLE Ø 27 mm in red. Handstamp WP (West-Prussia) in red of Border Post Office Karlsruhe, Baden. Rate: Zwolle - Border Post Office Arnhem: 15 cent = 10 Kreuzer + transit Prussia 14 Kr.+ transit Baden 10 Kr. + port Canton of Basel and Aargau 8 Kr. = 46 Kreuzer.

After the unification, Switzerland was for the domestic postal rates divided into distance rayons.

Swiss rates for a letter of the first weight class to the Netherlands, in Rappen, centimes or centesimi:
rayon I
rayon II
rayon III
rayon IV
via
grams
0- 10 miles
10-25 miles
25-40 miles
above 40 miles
01-07-1850
France
7½
70
75
80
85
01-01-1850
France
7½
100
110
115
120
10-04-1852
France
7½
65
70
75
80
14-01-1853
Germany
15
65
75
15-15-1854
France
7½
65
70
01-01-1857
France
7½
60
60
01-07-1862
France
7½
50
18-06-1864
Germany
15
55
65
01-09-1868
Closed mail
15
30

Dutch rates for a letter of the first weight class to Switzerland in cents:
whole
via
wigtjes
rayon I
rayon II
rayon III
country
01-01-1852
Prussia
15
35
45
55
01-04-1852
France
7½
40
01-01-1853
Prussia
15
35
40
01-01-1860
France
7½
30
01-01-1864
Prussia
15
30
35
01-01-1868
France
10
30
01-09-1868
Closed mail
15
15 *)

*) Via Germany. From 15-8-1870 to 23-8-1870 temporary via France, rate 20 cents per 15 wigtjes.

For destinations in the Netherlands up to and including 30 km from the border, up to 1-1-1864 for the first weight class, 5 cents lower rates applied.

 

Ladies' envelope from Zwolle to Chambéry, Savoie, 9 February 1860 with semi-circle datestamp ZWOLLE with grotesque letters, Franco and PD. (= payé jusqu'à destination). Sent via Emmerich, Bern, Luzern and Genève (stamps on reverse). The sender paid the postage to Switzerland, rayon 2, to 15 grams: 40 cents, indicated on reverse.

 

Last update 10.09.2024 6:01 PM

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